The year’s biggest event for first-person shooter fanatics is upon us as id Software’s QuakeCon 2009 brought a lot of goodies to the table. Get your RailGun ready!The biggest news of the event was that the popular multiplayer title Quake 3 Arena and legendary first-person shooter Doom 2 would both be gracing the Xbox Live Arcade soon. Both the games were available as playable units at the Dallas event, suggesting they would be released very soon for public download. According to ShackNews, a whole new episode will be included for Doom 2, along with all of the game’s original content. Also, four-player split-screen multiplayer option will be available in addition to online play. A new iPhone game every monthJohn Carmack, id Software co-founder and generally regarded as...

The much-hyped Xbox Live update that Microsoft presented at the E3 Expo in June is now available for download across the world. Users need just to connect to Xbox Live to receive a message asking them to update to the new version.Xbox head honcho J Allerd and his little minions have come up with some eye-candy for the new look, but in terms of actual usability, it’s typical Microsoft – the consumer is the last person they thought of. Here are the major features in the Xbox Live update and our feelings about the same:1) Games on Demand: The new Xbox Live update lets you download full games through a digital e-store on to your hard disk, using Microsoft Points (which we fondly refer to as “Allard Bucks”) or a credit card. The pricing, though, is horrid. There is...

Tata’s electronics retail store chain, Croma, along with distributor Faxtel, has brought gaming peripherals giant SteelSeries to India. And what’s more, the two companies are joining up to launch a gaming tournament across the country, with the winners getting to fly to Sweden to play with renowned clans Fnatic and SK Gamers. “Steelseries and Croma are also organising a pan-India gaming Competition in September 2009. The wining team will be taken to Sweden to interact, learn and play with the world’s best team Fnatic/ SK gamers,” said Kim Rom, VP Global Marketing, SteelSeries, Denmark. At the launch in Mumbai, the company introduced a gaming kit that includes a mouse, mousepad and headphones at an introductory price. “August 11 marks the dawn of a new...